AGENCY TESTIMONY
Preparation and innovation in snow removal strategies
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Commissioner Lojan emphasizes the Department's commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in snow removal strategies. He highlights the balance between tried-and-true methods and new approaches.
- Year-round planning process including route revisions and performance evaluations
- Integration of innovative changes in line with other departmental improvements
- Commitment to both established best practices and new operational paradigms
Javier Lojan
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We know the playbook, but that doesn't mean we rest on our laurels or our snow fighting isn't subject to the same kind of innovative changes.
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The trash revolutionary spirit that has characterized our cleaning collection and sustainability efforts over the 1st several years of the Adams administration.
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Far from it.
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This is my 26th winter with New York's strongest, and I am proud to report that thanks to historic investments in both tried and true best practices and a commitment to embracing new operational paradigms and technology, we are more prepared for winter than ever before.
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The same sanitation workers who collect trash are the people who drive plows and salt spreaders.
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And historically, this has meant frequent collection delays during winter weather operations.